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A Sacred Judgment Defied
Commentators explain that Ben-hadad was not just a defeated enemy, but a man God had 'devoted to destruction' (in Hebrew, 'cherem'). This means he was under a divine curse for his blasphemy. Ahab's decision to spare him was not a simple political miscalculation but a grave spiritual failure, directly defying a sacred judgment from God.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Kings 20:42
18th Century
Theologian
A man whom I appointed to utter destruction - or to חרם chērem, that is, a man on whom My curse had been laid ([Reference Leviticus…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Kings 20:42
19th Century
Bishop
A man whom I appointed—properly, a man under my curse. The rash action of Ahab, like the deliberate disobedience…
John Gill
On 1 Kings 20:42
17th Century
Pastor
And he said unto him, thus says the Lord
He spoke not his own sense, and in his own words, but in the name of the Lo…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Kings 20:31–43
17th Century
Minister
Sinners have this encouragement to repent and humble themselves before God: Have we not heard that the God of Israel is a merciful God? Have we not…